EU urges US to reconsider ban on Palestinian officials attending UN assembly

Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Radmila Sekerinska and Danish Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen attend the informal EU Defense Ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen, Aug. 29, 2025. (Reuters)

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Updated 31 August 2025

Reuters

August 30, 2025 16:54

EU urges US to reconsider ban on Palestinian officials attending UN assembly

Kallas said she had asked EU governments to submit proposals for new sanctions against Russia

Updated 31 August 2025

Reuters

August 30, 2025 16:54

COPENHAGEN: European Union foreign ministers have urged the United States to reconsider its decision not to allow Palestinian officials to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday.

Speaking after a meeting of the ministers in the Danish capital Copenhagen, Kallas also said she had asked EU governments to submit proposals next week for another package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.

Topics: European Union Palestinian UN General Assembly Kaja Kallas

Zelensky to visit Turkiye in bid to ‘reinvigorate’ peace talks

Updated 18 November 2025

AFP

November 18, 2025 07:46

Zelensky to visit Turkiye in bid to ‘reinvigorate’ peace talks

Updated 18 November 2025

AFP

November 18, 2025 07:46

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he will visit Turkiye on Wednesday, in a bid to “reinvigorate” peace talks and to restore prisoner-of-war exchanges with Russia.
“We are preparing to reinvigorate negotiations, and we have developed solutions that we will propose to our partners,” Zelensky said Tuesday on social media, adding: “We are also working to restore POW exchanges and bring our prisoners of war home.”